Self-rated health of Chinese adolescents: Distribution and its associated factors

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 780-786

  Xu, Zhiwei ^a   Su, Hong ^a   Zou, Yanfeng ^a   Chen, Juan ^a   Wu, Jialing ^a   Chang, Weiwei ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Distribution; Related factors; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHINA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHINA; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS;

EID: 80755138378     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2011.00893.x     Document Type: Article

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